Clamp



Patented June 23, 1925.

`PATENT OFFICE.

DANEL D. POVELL, OF SEAGRAVES, TEXAS.

CLAMP.

Application filed January 2, i924. l SerajllNo. 684,018.

To @ZZ whom t may cof/wcm.'

Be it known that l, DANIEL D. Pownm., a citizen of the United States, residing at Seagraves, in the county ot Gaines and State of rlexas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clamps, ot which the Jfollow- ;ng is a specification.

This invention has reference to a pipe clamp.

The object is to simplify and improve the existing,construction by producing a device ot this character which will effectively grip a pipe-to prevent the turning thereof, and wherein the parts are so constructed that the greater' the eiiort ot the turning ot the pipe, the more eli'ectively the same will be gripped.

To the attainment ofthe foregoing, the invention consists lin the improvement as hereinafter described and detinitely claimed.

ln the drawing Figure Y l is a view illustrating a pipe clamped in. accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a view showing the movable section ot the clamp swung for the reception ot' a pipe between the jaws thereof.

. Figure 8 is a plan view of the improvement.

.Figure l :is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure.

Figure 5 is a perspective view ot the removable and adjustable jaw.

r)The clamp includes a fixed section l and a movable section 2.

rlhe lixed section l preferably has its sides gradually widened trom its innerto its outer edge, and the body portion ot the said section betr-:een the sides 3 thereof has its inner edge concaved, as at el, and it desired, toothed or serrated to engage with a pipe 5. The portion d provides the jaw of thel fixed section l. The sides 3, at their inner ends are biturcated to receive therein tongues 6 toi-ined on the sides 7 ot the section 2. Reinovably pivoted pins 8 pass through the sides and through the tongues 6 of the section 2. The sides 7 of the section 2 are connected together bya body plate 9 and the said sides have their outer edges provided with alig ing series of notches l0 whose walls are arranged at a downward and out'- ward inclination. Within two oit the aligningnotclies there is designed to be received laterally extending lugs l1 formed on the tail portion ol the adjustable jaw l2. The tail portion ot the said jaw has its under iaceroundecl, as at 13, and its opposite active end `vis concaved andA termed with transverse teeth 14.

5 ln practice, one ot the pins 8 is removed and the movable section 2 swung on the seccnd pin to one side ot the fixed section l.

vlhe pipe 5 is then arranged tor contacting l. A pipe clamp comprising a fixed section and a movable section, means pivotally securing the sides ot' the movable section to the sides or the fixed section, said fixed section, between its sides having a jaw portion, and a removable and adjustable jaw trunnioned between the sides ot the movable section, tor the purpose set forth.

2. A pipe clamp comprising a tixed section whose sides extend beyond the inner tace of the body thereof and are biturcated, and the said tace ot the body providing a jaw, and a movable section including a plate having upstancing sides provided with tongues received in the biturcated ends ot the l,tixed section and removably pivoted therein, the sides ot the last mentioned sectio:Y having downwardly directed'outwardly inclined aligning notches, a jaw comprising a blocl'elile member having lugs on its sides adjacent to its outer end to be received in aligning notches in the sides or" the last men tioned section and said jaw having its inner tace concaved and toothed.

ln testimony whereotl l atix my signature.

DANIEL D. POWELL.

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